Deputies Investigating Kidnap Attempt in Etna Green

ETNA GREEN - Kosciusko County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl at a bus stop early today.

Around 6:45 a.m. today, a woman called 911 to report a man had attempted to abduct her daughter as she waited for a school bus at the Westhaven Estates trailer court.

The woman told police that as her 13-year-old daughter was waiting for the school bus, a red pickup truck with a red topper and a silver stripe pulled up beside her. The girl said a white man in his late 30s with a beard and a camoflauge hat then got out of the passenger side of the truck and tried to grab her, according to a deputy incident report.

The girl said she screamed and was able to get away from the man, the report said.

The truck then drove off eastbound through the trailer park, the girl told investigators.

The sheriff’s department is still investigating the incident, it said.